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Post by biggydx on Feb 20, 2019 4:23:39 GMT
Did some Freeplay to get that last smidge of XP from 29 to 30. Before I even talk about that, fuck devs who refuse to put numbers in the game on things that are numerical in nature. How much XP did I need, you might ask? I wish I fuckin knew! About a centimeter, I guess? Anyway, up popped a world event and shockingly all 4 of us converged on it. We did stage 1 of the event and waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. Event wouldn't progress at all. Eventually I gave up and went off to find something else to do, but lo and behold once I was a few hundred meters away it finally triggered the second stage. Yay. So I'm 30 now and I went out to do one of those contract missions that's purple. Why is it purple? Fuck if I know. The game seems to indicate that it's a tougher mission than usual. It's the second one I've done this evening and the other didn't seem any more difficult, so that was a lie. Is this the "Legendary Contract" I've heard about? Who knows. Game doesn't tell you. Anyway I go out to do that and put it on my new and fresh GM1 difficulty. Progressed with no issue until the first stage is complete. The second stage activates and wants us to go to a point up north. Except, we can't. Because any time any of us flies off from the area where we did phase 1, it gives us an OOB message and resets us to the same place. Nothing is there, no enemies, no event marker. It's over, we're supposed to leave. But we can't. 7 Years of Development. Ouch. I am finding it funny that you keep playing it though. It's like reading the events of a sitcom. "This day, on how I got fucked over by BioWare again..."
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Post by General Mahad on Feb 20, 2019 7:07:28 GMT
Anthem might be Bioware's Downfall
This guy is the reason I got into BioWare games.
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Post by river82 on Feb 20, 2019 7:24:12 GMT
Anthem might be Bioware's Downfall This guy is the reason I got into BioWare games. He said something interesting, that launching at the same time as Apex Legends will hurt Anthem. I'm not knowledgeable about these genres, so I'm wondering if that's true. Because both games are published by EA, surely they wouldn't release something at the same time that would hurt Anthem
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Post by General Mahad on Feb 20, 2019 7:44:22 GMT
Anthem might be Bioware's Downfall This guy is the reason I got into BioWare games. He said something interesting, that launching at the same time as Apex Legends will hurt Anthem. I'm not knowledgeable about these genres, so I'm wondering if that's true. Because both games are published by EA, surely they wouldn't release something at the same time that would hurt Anthem Costin mentioned BioWare chasing the success of ME3's multiplayer and that Apex Legends might have rained on BW's parade given how much EA is now pimping the title out in comparison to Anthem.
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Post by saandrig on Feb 20, 2019 10:50:56 GMT
Anthem might be Bioware's Downfall This guy is the reason I got into BioWare games. He said something interesting, that launching at the same time as Apex Legends will hurt Anthem. I'm not knowledgeable about these genres, so I'm wondering if that's true. Because both games are published by EA, surely they wouldn't release something at the same time that would hurt Anthem There are many speculations on the subject. It's fishy how Apex was launched all of a sudden. Some people think that EA knew Anthem will perform below previous expectations and had to use an ace up their sleeve to get a good earnings at the end of the quarter. How much Anthem will be hurt is unknown. Two different genres on one hand, however there are people who might decide to skip Anthem for Apex. But you can bet EA did their homework on those numbers and figured the Anthem's loss is negligible compared to the gain from Apex.
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Post by Sartoz on Feb 20, 2019 11:08:32 GMT
Anthem might be Bioware's Downfall This guy is the reason I got into BioWare games. He said something interesting, that launching at the same time as Apex Legends will hurt Anthem. I'm not knowledgeable about these genres, so I'm wondering if that's true. Because both games are published by EA, surely they wouldn't release something at the same time that would hurt Anthem
Oh, yes, EA has to meet investors' revenue expectations, since it's EA itself that provides the Q4 Financial Guidance.
My personal view is that Anthem sales are below forecast = below EA target sale revenues. Thus the Nija release of Apex Legends to make up for the revenue shortfall.
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Post by lennybusker on Feb 20, 2019 11:11:40 GMT
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Post by Sartoz on Feb 20, 2019 11:24:46 GMT
Hm... A month to sell 6 million?
Isn't it true that the sales numbers of the first two weeks of a new game is the make/brake period? Games sales stats show the number go down rapidly after two weeks.
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Post by mmoblitz on Feb 20, 2019 12:32:47 GMT
I think the following vid is a pretty fair assessment of the games state as of now. Granted I'm not playing it, but from what I have seen and read, it matches most of that.
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Post by Terminator Force on Feb 20, 2019 12:39:46 GMT
Remember how I said it took me 22 hours to beat Anthem? ^ Snapshot from last night. So lets not be liars and appeal to game authority.
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Post by lennybusker on Feb 20, 2019 13:15:23 GMT
Did some Freeplay to get that last smidge of XP from 29 to 30. Before I even talk about that, fuck devs who refuse to put numbers in the game on things that are numerical in nature. How much XP did I need, you might ask? I wish I fuckin knew! About a centimeter, I guess? Anyway, up popped a world event and shockingly all 4 of us converged on it. We did stage 1 of the event and waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. Event wouldn't progress at all. Eventually I gave up and went off to find something else to do, but lo and behold once I was a few hundred meters away it finally triggered the second stage. Yay. So I'm 30 now and I went out to do one of those contract missions that's purple. Why is it purple? Fuck if I know. The game seems to indicate that it's a tougher mission than usual. It's the second one I've done this evening and the other didn't seem any more difficult, so that was a lie. Is this the "Legendary Contract" I've heard about? Who knows. Game doesn't tell you. Anyway I go out to do that and put it on my new and fresh GM1 difficulty. Progressed with no issue until the first stage is complete. The second stage activates and wants us to go to a point up north. Except, we can't. Because any time any of us flies off from the area where we did phase 1, it gives us an OOB message and resets us to the same place. Nothing is there, no enemies, no event marker. It's over, we're supposed to leave. But we can't. 7 Years of Development. Ouch. I am finding it funny that you keep playing it though. It's like reading the events of a sitcom. "This day, on how I got fucked over by BioWare again..." lol yeah I'm a bit of a masochist sometimes. But I paid for a month of Origin Premiere so I'm trying to squeeze as much out of the game as I can. I'm not playing much else right now anyway, some Monster Hunter when certain friends are online, Apex Legends mostly, and then when I'm bored I sit down with Anthem.
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Post by simit on Feb 20, 2019 14:34:45 GMT
Another guys opinion i respect but dont always agree with
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Post by General Mahad on Feb 20, 2019 15:18:09 GMT
Angry Joe is not having it.
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Post by kalreegar on Feb 20, 2019 15:49:25 GMT
I'm a huge, HUGE fan of Mass Effect and Dragon age series. I loved the Witcher saga, and I appreciate in some measure Bethesda games, especially fallout 3 and NV. Sci-fi lore appeals me. I even enjoyed ME3 multyplayer.
Nevertheless, Anthem looks like shit. It seems something without a soul, boring, flat, false, useless. I'll never buy it.
now... I do not say I'm the typical, perfect "prospective consumer" for bioware games and/or these kind of games. But surely I was a potential buyer. And I'm sure there is a lot of people who feel the same.
I'm worried for Bioware. Very worried.
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Post by Conquer Your Dreams on Feb 20, 2019 16:09:43 GMT
I'm a huge, HUGE fan of Mass Effect and Dragon age series. I loved the Witcher saga, and I appreciate in some measure Bethesda games, especially fallout 3 and NV. Sci-fi lore appeals me. I even enjoyed ME3 multyplayer. Nevertheless, Anthem looks like shit. It seems something without a soul, boring, flat, false, useless. I'll never buy it. now... I do not say I'm the typical, perfect "prospective consumer" for bioware games and/or these kind of games. But surely I was a potential buyer. And I'm sure there is a lot of people who feel the same. I'm worried for Bioware. Very worried. Definitely Anthem has not been designed for people who loves action-rpg's.
Anthem is unique - i think BioWare tried for a moment to go different direction, maybe take extra time to gain fresh ideas by doing something else than typical BioWare action-rpg.
Did it work ? For some people definitely did, for some other didn't.
Let's hope that no matter if Anthem will succeed or fail - DA4 will happen and it still will be SINGLE PLAYER game, not MP or MMO crap.
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Post by monkeylungs on Feb 20, 2019 16:32:12 GMT
Angry Joe is not having it. The loading screens are horrendous and this is early days.
Think of how when a game is new and you are having a blast. You might notice some stuff that doesn't 100% jive with your experience. Intitially it is much easier to ignore. Over time, those little annoyances add up and overtake your experience.
If people are sick of loading screens 1 week in, I can imagine how that will play out long term.
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Post by force58 on Feb 20, 2019 16:36:14 GMT
Honestly, I enjoyed the Anthem demo. There were some bugs and some aspects I didn't like (going back and forth to the castle or whatever got annoying fast). However, the combat, which I liked a lot, felt like it was something that could get repetitive very quickly. That's my biggest concern about the game and that's not worth $60+.This was my concern during demo days too, though still to early to see how well this game will hold in replay value. Even if not, the foundation seems solid with room for interesting gameplay additions (new enemies, enemy faction, new powers, weapons) to help it get there. I played both the demo's and initially had the same feeling about the combat, but once I realized it was exactly how the ME combat is, I took it for what it's worth and really enjoyed it after that. Most of the combat thankfully is the abilities since they're available so quickly after using them. I can't wait for this Friday. Crackdown 3 will have to go on the back burner for a bit.
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Post by masterwarderz on Feb 20, 2019 16:52:48 GMT
This was my concern during demo days too, though still to early to see how well this game will hold in replay value. Even if not, the foundation seems solid with room for interesting gameplay additions (new enemies, enemy faction, new powers, weapons) to help it get there. I played both the demo's and initially had the same feeling about the combat, but once I realized it was exactly how the ME combat is, I took it for what it's worth and really enjoyed it after that. Most of the combat thankfully is the abilities since they're available so quickly after using them. I can't wait for this Friday. Crackdown 3 will have to go on the back burner for a bit. Going for the unpopular huh
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Post by ahglock on Feb 20, 2019 17:28:30 GMT
This was my concern during demo days too, though still to early to see how well this game will hold in replay value. Even if not, the foundation seems solid with room for interesting gameplay additions (new enemies, enemy faction, new powers, weapons) to help it get there. I played both the demo's and initially had the same feeling about the combat, but once I realized it was exactly how the ME combat is, I took it for what it's worth and really enjoyed it after that. Most of the combat thankfully is the abilities since they're available so quickly after using them. I can't wait for this Friday. Crackdown 3 will have to go on the back burner for a bit. If it plays like ME but with less abilities, less enemies and they added flight. I’d rather just play ME. It’s a worse MEmp but it’s new isn’t really a selling point for me when I already have MEmp.
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Post by lennybusker on Feb 20, 2019 17:46:35 GMT
I played both the demo's and initially had the same feeling about the combat, but once I realized it was exactly how the ME combat is, I took it for what it's worth and really enjoyed it after that. Most of the combat thankfully is the abilities since they're available so quickly after using them. I can't wait for this Friday. Crackdown 3 will have to go on the back burner for a bit. If it plays like ME but with less abilities, less enemies and they added flight. I’d rather just play ME. It’s a worse MEmp but it’s new isn’t really a selling point for me when I already have MEmp. Sometimes when I feel like being sad I think back to ME3MP and wonder how that alternate universe is where ME3MP was spun off into a full game, same engine and gameplay just expanded. Would have been a banger.
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Post by Camel on Feb 20, 2019 17:57:46 GMT
Angry Joe is not having it. Angry Joe is a Bioware fanboy and that doesn't sound good.
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Post by Fogg on Feb 20, 2019 17:58:52 GMT
Xbox vice-president is pissed
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Post by lennybusker on Feb 20, 2019 18:03:32 GMT
Xbox vice-president is pissed To be fair, the game doesn't do the best job at explaining the combo system. That said it's also basically the same shit they've been doing since ME2 and DA2 so if you've played any BioWare games since then you should know it.
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Post by Terminator Force on Feb 20, 2019 18:31:26 GMT
Angry Joe is not having it. Angry Joe is a Bioware fanboy and that doesn't sound good. In other words, more likely to be interested in story and lore over gameplay.
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